"(Boston College) offered last month. They came to my school and I have been talking to the coaches and my coach told me they offered. I don't know too much about them yet though."

So far, Hicks has offers from Boston College, Illinois, Michigan State, Penn State, West Virginia, Cincinnati and Louisville. At this point, he doesn't have any unofficial visits set up and doesn't plan to start scheduling them until the summer.

Before Hicks, who helped lead Solon to 10 wins this past season, starts naming favorites or looking at frontrunners, the 6-foot, 175-pound prospect wants to research each school to see which program would be the best fit.

It's still so early for him no leaders have emerged yet.

"I want to look at each school closer," Hicks said.

Solon finished 10-2 this past season with its only two losses coming to Mentor, Ohio, with one loss in the regular season and another in the playoffs.

This past season, Hicks finished with 41 tackles and three interceptions.

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